One of the greatest progressive bands Rush, released their album 2112 on 1976. This was their fourth album that peaked to gold on the Billboard chart. This album features a eponymous seven-part suite written by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson with lyrics by Neil Peart. Te first song on …

Overview —“ Back In Black, the first album released by AC/DC after the death of their original singer Bon Scott is a tribute to him and a dedication as well. Although Back In Black is hailed as one of classic rock’s best album, with good reason in my opinion, …

Overview —“ Holiday, the third music video released by Green Day for their album American Idiot is pretty much the prequel to the music video, and song, Boulevard Of Broken Dreams. I’m not really sure why Green Day chose to release Boulevard of Broken Dreams before Holiday since Holiday …

Did I shave my legs for this? Is a comical song by Deanna Carter. It is a comical song about a subject that is common in America today. In the song she is basically complaining about how her husband sits around all day long watching TV and drinking beer. …

For a young artist, miley cyrus is pretty talented, she can act and sing. First time I thought that she can’t sing, but after her song, I think its good enough though I don’t like her behaviour, her song is goog enough to listen. Like this one, seven things.
This song …

The first time that I even heard of the band “Awolnation” was when someone I knew introduced me to their song “Sail”. Afterwards I haven’t heard much of them on neither the media nor anywhere else, but I still listen to their music from time to time.
In case …

“Not the Half Has Been Told” CD by Monica McCoy is one music album that uplifts my soul and spirit. The selections are filled with blessings! Each time I’d hear this music album it made me think that singing songs for Jesus is a worshipping experience. It is not …

Whether you like her music or not, you can’t argue that the name Lady Gaga is/was iconic. I am not really a fan of her whole discography because it went downhill when she released Born this Way - the time when her music became somewhat pretentious for the general …

One of my favourite musicians when I was much younger was the musician Sheryl Crow. At the time though, I didn’t know what her name was and so I spent years upon years trying to figure out who it was that sung her songs. In fact, I didn’t even …

Atomic Kitten has all grown up and has taken the pop scene o a more mature and, let’s just say, “un-girl band” level. A far cry from their first album, the girls re-introduce themselves as women, having truly grown musically, stylistically and visually. i’m impressed at how well they …

The melodic rock genre has been privvy to somewhat of a mass resurgence over the last six or seven years, and it seems that it’s almost gaining enough steam to be as popular as it was in the Eighties. Sure some countries are yet to fully embrace the style, …

Van Halen burst on the scene with their debut album and changed the way guitar players played their instruments.Eddie Van Halen was so influential and practically everyone copied his playing style throughout the next decade.The front man David Lee Roth sparked a vital new energy that got crowds to …

Surf Wax America is a song by Weezer which appears on their self-titled debut record, otherwise known as The Blue Album. The track opens up with a nice guitar pattern before Cuomo comes in with the vocal delivery of the track and focuses on lyrics which all relate to …

I was talking with a friend of mine about Cranberries albums, and he asked me, which one is the odd one? The one that doesn’t fit. Well, it certainly is “To The Faithful Departed”. While “No Need ” was a natural evolution from “Everybody “, this album is the unnatural …

Overview —“ The Unforgiven I, the final music video released by Metallica for support of their record The Black Album is their most symbolic video at this point yet also probably my favorite and their best. Along with Nothing Else Matters, The Unforgiven easily has the most personal lyrics …

Good Times, Bad Times is a song by The rolling Stones which appears on their record 12 X 5. The song opens up with an acoustic guitar pattern along with a harmonica lead over it which gives the song overall a very folk rock sound. Jagger comes in with …

To The End is a song by My Chemical Romance which appears on their album Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge. Opening up with a fairly dissonant sounding guitar riff and the vocal melody right away, I will admit that Gerard Way does a good job of giving the track …

Talkin’ —˜Bout You is a cover performed by The Rolling Stones which appears on their record Out Of Our Heads. The track starts off with a nice blues-rock sounding riff before going into the main rhythm of the track which certainly continues this blues-rock feel as it’s paced with …

I was really impressed with this two-man band - or should I say, the one man, one woman band. HoneyHoney is comprised of two members and two members only (with the exception of an additional musician or so on stage i.e. a drummer). For some reason, usually …

Who am I by Casting crowns is such a true song that it makes me cry each time I hear it. It’s like who are we compared to the great I am, the king of kings, the prince of peace. We are nothing. He can end our lives with …

Artist: Beyonce, Jennifer Hudson, Anika Noni Rose, and Sharon Leal
Video: “One Night Only”
Album: “Dreamgirls” - Music from the Motion Picture
Label: Music World/Columbia
“One Night Only” is a single and music video from the official soundtrack of the 2006 film “Dreamgirls” starring Beyonce Knowles (how fitting is that?). The song combines …

My opinion of this album changed dramatically in the course of years. I was a huge fan of Ozzy Osbourne when I was in my early teenage years. I knew all his albums very well, and was quite fond of many of his songs. And this album, the 1983 …

Overview —“ Hitchin’ A Ride, the first music video released by Green Day for their album Nimrod is a music video that focuses primarily on a performance video with the band playing the song in a theater. To be honest, I thought Nimrod had some pretty good songs on …

My name is Eric Freeland, and i’m reviewing Drake’s first album Thank Me Later
Fireworks:it has to amazing artist on it,and a very up lifting slow beat that makes you feel good like your walking on air.
Karaoke:it’s has very amazing beat to it,with deep lyrics,and a great singer to …

SRV is the special musician who comes along very so often to reveal to the world the power of music and artistic expression.To me Stevie put a new spin on the idea of emotional music.His guitar playing is in tune with his mind and spirit.In Step is a beautiful …

The first thing I want to say is that Extraordinary Girl actually has an introduction which you couldn’t have predicted and I simply have to praise Green Day for this. I know that in a lot of the songs I’m reviewing for this record I’m saying that they’re predictable …

Relient K is one of my favorite bands of all time. They are a Christian rock band that seems to have found the perfect balance of Christian lyrics and meanings and great rock music. What makes them very unique is their outstanding versatility. They have some acoustic love songs, …

Damnation And A Day is Cradle Of Filth’s fifth album, and first to be releases on Sony Records. The album was released in 2003, the album features an entire choir, this album has 4 parts to it, Fantasia down consisting of track 1-4, Paradise Lost are tracks 5-8, sewer …

Artist: SWV
Video: “Rain”
Album: Release Some Tension
Label: RCA Records
Director: Darren Grant
“Rain” is the final single and music video from SWV’s third album called “Release Some Tension”, following “Can We” and “Someone”. Released in the Spring of 1998, Darren Grant directs this time around, taking a more low-key and mellower approach …

The Continuing Adventures Of Feeling Down And Out is a song by Sledding With Tigers and is the second song to appear on their second release, The Hill Sheep. Just as the first song on this album did, The Continuing Adventures Of Feeling Down And Out actually also opens …

The Manhasset Clarinet stand is a cone shaped stand that comes apart into two pieces. One piece opens into a 3 legged stand which can be screwed onto the cone shaped upper piece.
Likes: One thing that I really like about this stand is the ease of carrying from …

Staring At Sound/With You (Reprise) is a song by The Flaming Lips and either the penultimate or final track on the band’s debut album, Hear It Is. While most copies of this album will have this song as the final track, early copies feature a bonus track entitled Summertime …

“There’ll Be Some Changes Made” is a collaboration effort of 2 amazing guitarists. Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits fame, and Chet Atkins of well… Chet Atkins fame contribute to this amazing song. Although the song itself is a cover version, the original performers of the song were Benton Overstreet, …

Yousou’Ndou has proved very capable of being an ambassador of Africa. He is a great African musician who started his musical career at the age of twelve years and has subsequently improved tremendously in the musical world. One cannot waite to appreciate the works of Yousou’Ndou the senegalese …

Jay-Z
“D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)”
The Blueprint 3
Roc-A-Fella Records
Director: Philip Andelman
Jay-Z finally speaks out about today’s crappy music! Thank God. “Death of Auto-Tune” aka “D.O.A.” is the first single and music video from his latest album (to be released this coming Fall) titled “The Blueprint 3″. Jay-Z is back with a …

This is the second pop album by Lucky Ali. After the mega success of his debut album Sunoh, Ali came out with this one. It didn’t came anywhere close to the success of Sunoh, but still this album has got some really good collection of melodies. This is …

This has got to be the most creative way to ask someone to marry you, but I have to admit that it is a bit weird. But Jagged Edge makes weird sound really good. I know that if someone asked me to marry them like this and they sounded …

* Please take note that this is my first ever listen to this album and the band in general, usually I’ve listened to the album that I’m reviewing many times before, but for this review - this is my first listen.
Overview - The Velvet Underground And Nico, the first …

Overview - Wish You Were Here, Pink Floyd’s seventh album which pays tribute to Syd Barrett, is basically a mix of three songs and two musical epics. After Dark Side Of The Moon, which was a bit more song based, Wish You Were Here still showcases the group strong …

Throwin The Round Ball is a song by Animal Collective which appears on their second release Danse Manatee. In contrast to Runnin The Round Ball, this track has far less of a building feel to it, but it is also another instrumental. Rather than having a more traditional musical …

Pretty Peggy-O is a traditional song which is covered by Bob Dylan that appears on his self-titled debut record. I’ll say right now that the version of this song which I was always familiar with was the version by The Grateful Dead, a version which I actually enjoy quite …

The wave of Disney stars are never very successful at crossing over to the music industry. They always try to mold themselves into triple threats when the main reason they got booked to begin with was just for acting. It has happened with Hilary Duff, Miley Cyrus, Selena Gomez, …

GG Allin’s second to last release and his last punk album before his death, “Brutality and Bloodshed For All” comes up as one of his best. Now working with his band The Murder Junkies, GG Allin came through with one of the biggest highlights of his discography. The album …

If you like a guitar instrumentals and also like a style of bluegrass type playing with a side of Metal. Then check out John 5 most particularly Sugarfoot Rag off his album Vertigo. Ive always thought John 5 was a strange guy with his make up and being a …

Someday I’ll Grow To Be As Tall As The Giant is a song by Animal Collective and is the penultimate track on their debut record Spirit They’ve Gone, Spirit They’ve Vanished. Opening up with the fantasy-like sound which is characteristic to this record, the song oddly seems to have …

I recently bought an awesome live music dvd from Best buy. It was a Use your Illusion 1 & 2 concert by Guns N’ Roses from Tokyo, Japan and this dvd came with the full 26 song concert on two disks. I really like this concert because it is …

R. Kelly & Public Announcement
“Dedicated”
Born Into The 90s
Jive/Zomba Recordings
R. Kelly & Public Announcement follow up their previous hits, “She’s Got That Vibe”, “Honey Love”, and “Slow Dance (Hey Mr. DJ)” with “Dedicated”, the fourth and final single and music video from their album, “Born Into The 90s”. The song …

March Of The Meanies is an instrumental track which appears on The Beatles’ record, Yellow Submarine. Let me first start by saying that I really didn’t like many of the instrumental tracks on Yellow Submarine with the rare of exception of one or two, March Of The Meanies being …

When it comes to music I know when I really like an act or artist because I buy an album pretty much based on one or two songs and then just seem to listen to these songs over and over again.
This was the case with James Morrison. His song …